The Year of the Tiger is approaching, and museums across the country have launched special curated exhibitions for the Year of the Tiger in order to welcome the Lunar New Year. Let's take a look at these tiger-headed artifacts, which one do you like the most?
The most stylish——
The Forbidden City once held a separate exhibition for it
Tiger in display
On January 19, 2022, the National Museum held the "Tiggo You'an - 2022 New Year Exhibition", a bronze heavy weapon cast in the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Because when he first returned to China, the National Museum had a separate exhibition for it, which showed the high degree of attention.
The most domineering -
Small cultural relics carry the major events of the ancient military state
In the exhibition of the National Museum, the Western Han Dynasty Yanghou Hufu also appeared on the same stage.
Tangyang Hou Hu Fu on display
The Tangyang Houhu Charm is almost perfectly preserved, with neat silver inscriptions on the back, the section is clearly structured, and the left and right pieces can still be opened and closed as they were more than 2,000 years ago.
Tangyang Hou Hu Fu
As an ancient military transfer relic, the tiger symbol is divided into two halves, the central and the commander hold half each, and when the army is dispatched, it is necessary to hold the symbol to check the right, and it is completely integrated to send troops.
Qinyang Ling Tiger Charm
In the National Museum, there is also a collection of Qinyang Ling Tiger Symbol, the left and right necks have the same wrong golden seal inscription 12 characters, "The Symbol of the Armor soldier, the right is in the emperor, the left is in the Yangling".
The cutest -
Mother and child snuggle up to the audience
In the Nanjing Municipal Museum, in the "Tiger Leaping Spring - Nonyin Tiger Year Celebration Exhibition", the slightly cute shape of the mother and child tiger-shaped jade ornaments make people inevitably feel the feeling of "motherly kindness and filial piety".
Mother-child tiger-shaped jade ornaments in the exhibition
This cultural relic, which dates back more than 800 years, is carved from fine Hetian jade, and the tigress crawls on the ground with the limbs of the baby tiger. The tigress was full of love, and the little tiger looked up at her mother with a happy face.
Mother and child tiger shaped jade ornaments
Jewelry with tiger shape ——
Avoid evil and eliminate evil
In the Southern Dynasty, there is a record of "the tiger's head is used as a pillow to ward off disgust". People believe that using the tiger as a pillow can avoid evil and eliminate evil and suppress evil.
Gold and white brown finch pattern tiger shaped pillow
Museum of the King of Nanyue in Guangzhou
There are more than 30 ceramic pillows related to the theme of "tiger"
Colorful tiger head hat
The theme of "tiger" also appears in children's clothing. In the "Tiger Blessing Shenzhou" Chongqing China Three Gorges Museum New Year Cultural Series Exhibition, a variety of colorful tiger hats and tiger shoes were also unveiled in the exhibition, evoking many people's childhood memories.
Tiger toe shoes
The most realistic -
The "true" tiger arrives
In addition to tiger-shaped ornaments, tigers in nature are also indispensable.
Taxidermy on display
Held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, "Tiger in the Year of the Tiger - The Year of the Tiger Zodiac New Year Exhibition", Animal specimens such as the Northeast Tiger and the South China Tiger, and fossils of paleontological organisms such as saber-toothed tigers and giant chin tigers
Here they are all unveiled.
Fossils of saber-toothed tigers and giant chin tigers
The image of the tiger expresses people's wish to use the tiger to drive away evil spirits and bless peace, and also contains the blessing of a smooth and auspicious life in the future. Which of these museums is the "tiger", which one do you like the most?
(CCTV News Client)